Category of incident
Oct 2017
ward 17. The meeting was called for by Senator Tapera
Sept 2017
Machingaifa with the help of Chief Nyamhunga (Boniface
Assault
0
2
Theft/looting
4
1
Villagers were told to bring their voters’ registration slips to
Discrimination
3
6
the meeting. Serial numbers from the slips were recorded by
Unlawful detention
1
0
Intimidation/harassment
15
14
Kaimbanemoyo) in connection with the BVR exercise.
village heads. Eligible voters who had not registered were
threatened and told to register and surrender the serial
numbers to their village heads.
Villagers in Hurungwe West were threatened by Zanu PF
District Chairperson Fanny Chidimure during a community
development meeting on 23 October. It is alleged that
Chidimure used the new Biometric Voter's System to threaten
and intimidate villagers. He said that the system will detect
those who would have voted for opposition parties in the 2018
general elections. Chidimure said that the photographs and
fingerprints taken during registration will detect where one
would
have
voted.
Villagers
were
forced
to
chant
revolutionary songs such as ‘Kwanyamhunga hatidi hondo’
Zanu PF ward Councillor Ethilege Mbangani was threatened
(we don’t want war in the Nyamhunga area). Elderly people
and intimidated by his subordinates at Mkwasha Business
who had attended the meeting felt threatened and villagers
Centre in Chegutu East. It is alleged that Mbangani was
were told to submit their voters’ slips details to their village
intimidated during a community development meeting on 17
heads.
October. Villagers disagreed with Councillor Mbangani’s
sentiments that, they ought to pay the Chief for settling legal
It is alleged that Prosper Moyo* a tuck shop proprietor was
issues. Villagers were told to pay a combined token for the
harassed and threatened by Zanu PF supporters on 10 October,
Chief to recognise them as legally resettled communal
in ward 7 Umvhovho Chegutu West. Moyo was approach by a
settlement residents. Newly appointed village heads were also
group of Zanu PF women led by Chengetai Matope who were
forced to contribute a cow as a token of appreciation to the
coming from a cell meeting. He was threatened and harassed
Chief. These forced payments and contributions did not go
for hiking the price of basic commodities in his tuck shop.
well with villagers and villagers revolted against councillor
Moyo was ordered to slash prices of basics, such as cooking
Mbangani.
oil which he was trading at $4.95 a 2 litre bottle to $3.00 but
he refused. Moyo was then assaulted and accused of trying to
It is alleged that on 23 October villagers in Hurungwe West
sabotage the economy and was labelled an opposition
were forced to attend a Zanu PF meeting at Sengwe Township
supporter. Moyo was rescued by a relative who is in the Zanu
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